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Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthcare Support Worker in the Intensive Home Treatment Team is employed by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust to support young people with mental health needs in their communities. The role involves visiting inhomes, schools or community settings and delivering on care plans under professional supervision.

Applicants should hold a full UK driving licence with access to a car for business use; the post includes addressing emotional wellbeing, safeguarding concerns, and

Qualifications

• Must hold a full, valid UK driving licence and have access to a car for business use.
• Experience supporting children and young people with mental health needs is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Visiting young people in homes, schools or community locations.
• Delivering on agreed care plans and monitoring emotional wellbeing.
• Observe, report clinical and non-clinical information on electronic patient records.
• Communicate risks or safeguarding concerns to the team.
• Attend daily meetings and safety huddles.

Job description

Healthcare Support Worker - Intensive Home Treatment Team | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Company: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Maidstone, ME14 5NZ

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 3 Sept 2026

Closing date: 3 Oct 2026

This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to work in a team providing care and support to young people under 18 in their communities.

As a Healthcare support worker in IHT, you will be responsible for visiting young people in their homes, schools or agreed community locations. The interactions you have will be supportive to their mental health and emotional wellbeing needs. You will also be responsible for delivering on agreed care plans and observing young people's needs and reporting this back to the Multi-DisciplinaryTeam.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

• Attendance to daily meetings and safety huddles.
• Priorisitise your own allocation and appointments
• Engage, observe and report clinical and non-clinical information on electronic patient records.
• Be able to use interpersonal skills to develop trust and rapport whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
• Report accurate information back to team colleagues regarding any risks or safeguarding concerns.

We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our teams support children, youngpeopleand adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.

Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.

Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mentalillness, butlive well.It’swhywe’repassionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive,curiousand confident.

Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a teamthat’sworking well together.

The post would suit someone who has an interest and/or experience in supporting young people with mental health needs. The right candidate will be able to work well under pressure and in the face of emotional situations and be confident contributing to decisions in the best interests of children, young people and their families.

As well as a comprehensive induction period to KMMH and our service we can also offer training opportunities to develop and support the individual within the role.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working atKent & Medway Mental Health Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification.

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Sep 2026

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